Winrock International

Technical Lead, Sustainability Services – Regenerative Agriculture, Climate

Winrock International

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • The Technical Lead will work collaboratively with clients in the food, land and agriculture (FLAG) sector to identify decarbonization opportunities, ensure adherence to GHG calculation methodologies and relevant standards, and provide technical advisory to clients on a broad range of GHG mitigation and agricultural topics.
  • Leading or supporting interactions with clients, primarily in presenting updates or deliverables and conducting research to confidently answer client questions.
  • Tracking and managing a pipeline of technical advisory requests from clients on carbon accounting, decarbonization strategies, and how to comply with climate standards.
  • Preparing client-facing PowerPoint presentations, reports, memoranda, and other communication materials.
  • Completing tasks in fast-paced and self-motivated environment in a timely and efficient manner.
  • Conducting desk research on corporate climate mitigation leadership standards
  • Supporting new business outreach efforts, including leading and/or supporting proposal development and workplans.
  • Performing basic to intermediate calculations using greenhouse gas and economic activity data.
  • Working with small teams to prepare high-quality products, pitching in wherever necessary, and providing guidance and leadership.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree required, Masters in relevant field preferred
  • Minimum of 6 years of relevant experience
  • Experience managing technical aspects of greenhouse gas accounting in the agriculture field
  • Field or research experience with soil organic carbon (SOC) and land use change models, greenhouse gas profiles, and mitigation strategies of agricultural commodities
  • Fast learning, curious, and passionate for uncovering and creating solutions to climate and sustainability problems.
  • Industry/sector understanding of the GHG profiles and potential mitigation strategies for several of the following FLAG commodities: Cereals & Grains; Cocoa; Coffee; Vegetable Fats & Oils; Beef; Poultry and Eggs; Animal By-Products; Soybeans; Pulp and Paper; Vegetables; Spices; Coconut; Hazelnuts.
  • Strong customer/client service orientation
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills required, including effective public speaking and the ability to communicate complex issues both verbally and in written form
  • Team player capable of adapting to ambiguous environments with cross-group collaboration and problem-solving abilities.
  • Working understanding or experience with preparing submissions or reporting against key climate corporate leadership standards.
  • Experience with developing or evaluating Life-cycle assessments (LCA) and Environmental Product Declarations (EPD)
  • Understanding of corporate supply chain management or procurement
  • Experience using data analysis software, Excel (basic to intermediate skill in storing, presenting, processing, and analyzing data).
Benefits
  • Must be authorized to work within the United States.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
greenhouse gas accountingcarbon accountingdecarbonization strategiescalculations using greenhouse gas datasoil organic carbon modelsland use change modelsmitigation strategiesLife-cycle assessmentsEnvironmental Product Declarationsdata analysis
Soft skills
customer service orientationwritten communicationverbal communicationpublic speakingproblem-solvingteam collaborationadaptabilitycuriosityfast learningleadership